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NASA and Axiom ink deal for 1st private astronaut mission to space station

The agreement, which was announced on Monday (May 10), includes only a portion of the assorted exchanges required to make a flight like this a reality, but it will result in a net payment from NASA to Axiom of $1.69 million.

Farewell, Bennu! NASA spacecraft leaves asteroid to bring pieces of space rock to Earth

That capsule is full of pristine material that OSIRIS-REx collected from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu in October 2020. The spacecraft had been lingering near Bennu's patch of space until around 4 p.m. EDT (2000 GMT) today, when it fired its main thrusters for ...

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Could humans have contaminated Mars with life?

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Humanity has sent around 30 spacecraft and landers to the Red Planet since the space age began. Now, we know which microbes might have survived the trip, says geneticist Christopher Mason. T. Trundling across the surface of Mars as you read this is a ...

NASA rocket launch may spark visible light show over US East Coast and Bermuda tonight

The rocket is scheduled to lift off during a 40-minute launch window, beginning at 8:04 p.m. EDT tonight (0004 GMT on Tuesday, May 11). The launch has been delayed twice in the last two days due to bad weather.

NASA spacecraft carrying history-making asteroid sample will head toward Earth

CNN

CNN

(CNN) After spending nearly two-and-a-half years together, a NASA spacecraft will bid farewell to its asteroid companion Monday and begin the long journey back to Earth. The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is NASA's first asteroid sample return mission, and it ...

NASA spacecraft begins 2-year trip home with asteroid rubble

This illustration provided by NASA depicts the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft at the asteroid Bennu. On Monday, May 10, 2021, the robotic explorer fired its engines, headed back to Earth with samples it collected from the asteroid, nearly 200 million miles away.

First fully civilian flight to space station moves forward with NASA contract

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CBS News

"This is a real inflection point, I think, with human spaceflight." 042321-docking-photo1.jpg A SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule approaches the International Space Station ...

Cabana to succeed Jurczyk as NASA associate administrator

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SpaceNews

WASHINGTON — Bob Cabana, a former astronaut and longtime head of NASA's Kennedy Space Center, will become NASA associate administrator later this month, replacing the retiring Steve Jurczyk. In separate announcements May 10, NASA said that ...

NASA's asteroid-sampling mission will bid farewell to asteroid Bennu today

After more than two years circling a lumpy space rock called Bennu, it's finally time for NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft to head back to Earth with a full load precious cargo: pieces of an asteroid. OSIRIS-REx (known formally as Origins, Spectral Interpretation, ...

Hidden within African diamonds, a billion-plus years of deep-Earth history

The process may go back as far as 3.5 billion years, and probably continues today. Occasionally, they are carried upward by powerful, deep-seated volcanic eruptions called kimberlites. (Don't expect to see one erupt today; the youngest known kimberlite ...